paixaorpg | Not an Answer to the Earth [Active/Closed]

Character(s): Riku, Terra
Content: Riku and Terra meet again in familiar surroundings
Setting: Destiny Islands Beach
Time: Dusk. Week 31.
Warnings: Concern, angst, introspection, and some OMG tossed in.

Time to think. That's what Riku told Sora he'd needed. But whether that was what he really needed, not even Riku knew for sure. He knew the fight was the fault of the fog. He knew that he hadn't fully been wrong, and that he had seen Sora do things, though it had not been the Sora he knew. He also knew Sora felt no need to forgive him, feeling there was nothing his friend had done to forgive. Logically, everything was fine.

But it still felt like it was no excuse for having fought his friend yet again. And Riku knew he had still let his suspicions get the best of him again, even before the fog had rolled in. That much was still true, even if his doubts were well-founded. If it weren't for talking to Namine... Well, it was hard to know what would have happened until someone administered an antidote. He'd been lucky enough to break through the virus before that.

Thinking about what could have happened really didn't matter, though. ...This wasn't time to think.

It was time to be alone. And to let his mind and heart reconcile.

So Riku stood on the fake beach, halfway between the imitation of the tiny island where they all relaxed and the mock dock that always represented going home to family. Not even the sun he stared out to was real. But it still gleamed upon the ocean with the same brilliance, causing him to long for days lost that he knew better than to try to regain.

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Terra wasn't sure what brought him to this floor. From what he heard, he shouldn't go to these floors alone, but the curiosity got the better of him.

The world this floor was holding surprised Terra. He hadn't ever expected to see this world again. He walked across the beach, taking in the scenery, footsteps crunching in the sand. Though, at the moment, he didn't notice the other boy on the beach.

The sound of footsteps was hard to miss, especially to someone who'd grown up learning to listen for a rival sneaking up on him. Riku turned slowly, expecting Sora had come to meet up with him, but his eyes narrowed when he saw the form of a full-grown man. His eyes were still adjusting after looking out at the brightness of the sunset.

It turned out Terra wasn't alone on this island. He noticed a younger boy standing by the ocean. There was something familiar about this boy. In fact, there was something familiar about this whole situation.

He slowly approached the boy.

Riku examined the man as he approached. It was like he'd seen this man before somewhere. For a brief moment, he felt his heart relax, like there was a nostalgic memory from his childhood. It was like a forgotten dream. So many aspects of it, from the shift of the sand under his shoes to the fishy scent of the ocean just seemed to...

Riku's eyes widened as his heart thumped. There was something familiar about all this. He paused.

After a moment, blue sparks condensed out of the air and formed a Keyblade made of wings in his hand. The eye of the hilt seemed to stare at the newcomer. With a brief spin, Riku planted the tip deep into the sand, leaving it to stand there unsupported by his own hands. The keychain clinked softly in the sea breeze.

The teen said nothing, waiting only to see how the newcomer would respond.

For a brief moment, when the boy started summoning his Keyblade, Tera went on the defensive, preparing to summon his own. But when he realized that the boy wasn't planning on fighting him, he put his guard back down.

But, wait, the boy had a Keyblade, it had to be him.

"Riku?"

The teen gave a slight nod as he stared out from the bangs blowing in the wind. "Yeah." This is the guy. His following silence indicated he was trying to piece together bits of old memories.

"I never told anyone. It helped I forgot about it." He paused, pocketing his thumb. "...I don't remember your name."

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Terra paused to think for a moment.

"I don't think I ever told you my name." He eventually said, and the only reason Terra knew Riku's was because he heard his friend call it out.

"It's Terra."

"Terra..." Riku trailed off as he considered. His eyes narrowed.

"Why'd you pick me?"

"Because... I think I saw some of myself in you," Terra explained after thinking on the question for a moment.

Riku rested his hand on the hilt of the Keyblade and sighed through his nose. He turned his head back to teh sunset. "I'm not sure if I was worthy of this."

Terra was not one to talk when it came to the topic whether or not he was someone was worthy of the Keyblade.

"What makes you say that?"

Riku turned his body towards the sunset as well, but his gaze was turned downward, and he couldn't see the dying of the light except how it shone on his hand. His Keyblade vanished.

"...I let my jealousy get the better of me. I did awful things to get enough power to try to save a friend. Betrayed my best friend. I even tried to take his Keyblade from him. ...I succeeded for a while."

The teen looked back solemnly at the last rays of the sunset. "I destroyed my home."

Terra was rendered speechless by what Riku was saying. Things that hit far too close to home. While Terra would never be motivated by jealousy, nor would he ever try to betray his friends, he still couldn't help but see the similarities between what he had done and what Riku had.

He wondered, in making this boy his successor, had he doomed him to the Darkness too?

Riku looked back up at the fiery clouds slowly drifting towards the horizon. "...My best friend cleaned up after me. Restored my home. The worlds... Saved me from myself." That being said, he noted Terra's silence. It just confirmed things for Riku. He'd expected the disappointment.

"...He forgave me. Whether or not I'm worthy of that or the Keyblade, all I can do is just keep fighting and try to set it all right. For him and Kairi."

Terra wasn't disappointed, he couldn't be. He didn't think he even had the right to be disappointed in this boy, not after all he did himself.

"Sometimes that's all you can do," Terra replied found his voice again.

With slightly raised brows Riku looked back at Terra. It sounded like there was some hint of wisdom or experience there. "Sounds like you'd know." Riku was talking to a seasoned Keyblade wielder, after all. "...Who'd you see keep fighting?"

Terra might not say it was wisdom, but there was experience behind his words. A lot of experience. "My friends," He replies, "And... myself."

Riku wasn't sure of what that implied. Asking more to clarify, he began with a gentle tone. "...Tell me it wasn't because you betrayed each other, too."

"I was stupid and I let myself be led astray by the Darkness." Terra explained in an even tone.

Riku blinked a moment in surprise. That was the last thing he'd expected to hear coming from the warrior who gave him his Keyblade. He was silent a long moment before he looked away, back to the sunset. "Then I guess... You aren't alone in that."

Even though he knew, or rather, hoped it wasn't his fault, that he wasn't the one who let the boy down the path of Darkness. He still felt an... odd twinge of guilt at that. And he wasn't sure what to even say to that, so he stayed quiet for the moment.

Riku didn't look back at Terra, his eyes still locked on the last rays of the sun. His words were quiet, in part because he wasn't sure if they were out of line. However, if anything, they were the truth.

"Never thought it could happen to a Master, but... None of us are above that path, huh?"

"I'm no Master," Terra said simply, looking away from the boy. It was because of his darkness that he wasn't a Master, it was his own fault really. But he would make up for it.

With a look of surprise Riku's gaze went back to Terra. He said nothing at first, and after a moment, his eyes went back to the waning sunlight. "...Like I said, guess none of us are above that path."

Master or not, they were still in the same boat. That was still fact.

Not an Answer to the Earth [Active/Closed]

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Terra never introduced himself in the cutscene.

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He assumes Terra is a Master.

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